Rama is a young scholar who meets Madeleine at a university in France. There is an instant connection between them and they soon realize that they could be made for each other as they share the same temperament and character. Though, there are times when they are divided because of the huge gulf that separates them. When Rama needs to return to India, he cannot help but realize the many contrasts between India and Europe. He is also aware of the conflict between them within himself. When he returns to France, Madeleine and Rama need to face the problems they are having in their marriage. Both of them would like to preserve their identities. Will one of them have to sacrifice their tradition in order to make their relationship work?

Serpent And The Rope

Literature & Fiction

Rao, Raja

Contemporary

India Penguin Modern Classics

Kanthapura has been described as one of the most satisfying of all modern Indian novels. Recognized as a major landmark of Indian fiction, it is the story of how the Gandhian struggle for independence comes to one small village in south India.

Kanthapura [Aug 01, 2014] Rao, Raja

With a new introduction by Makarand R. Paranjape. The life of Mahatma Gandhi is the story of a legend. In this book Raja Rao upends the genre of the literary biography with inventive non-linear chronology, through dialogue and anecdote, situating the physical within the metaphysical, and with a text that is both retrospective and contemporary at the same time. By mapping genealogies and distilling them, Rao focuses on Gandhi's years in South Africa, the birth of non-violent resistance, and then moves into the epic freedom struggle in India, which brought Gandhi to worldwide renown in his own lifetime. With an emphasis on the idea of dharma as a framework for Gandhism, both in South Africa and India, this is the story of the man as much as the Mahatma.

Mahatma Gandhi

Essays & Correspondence

First published in 1996 when he was eighty-eight years old, this selection of nearly six decades of Raja Rao's non-fiction is an audacious contemplation on the deeper significance of India. A combination of fables, journeys, discussions and meditations, The Meaning of India advances the view that India is not just a geographical entity, or even a civilization-state. India is, above all, a metaphysic, a way of being and regarding the self and the world. Drawing on a wide range of sources-including the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Gita, the Buddha, Sankara, Bhartrihari, Kalidasa, Dostoevsky, Valéry, Rilke, Mann and Mallarmé-as also meetings with Gandhi, Nehru, Forster and Malraux, Rao teases out the implications of Advaita or non-dualism, which he regards as India's unique contribution to the world.

The Meaning of India: Essays

History

Asia

The Sacred Wordsmith compiles the best of Raja Rao's writings, including his autobiographical Prefaces and Introductions. The volume puts together several of his noted acceptance speeches, including those for the Sahitya Akademi Award and Neustadt International Prize, and other famous pieces, such as 'The World is Sound', 'The Word', 'Why Do You Write?', 'The West Discovers Sanskrit', 'The English Language and Us', and 'The Story Round, Around Kanthapura', a fascinating, unpublished account of the makings of his famous first novel.

The Sacred Wordsmith: Writing and the Word (Penguin Modern Classics)

<div> Indian culture has been shaped by centuries of wisdom and a vast expanse of writing. This special Penguin gift set brings together momentous, time-honoured books that capture the essence of Indian heritage. Learn the ancient art of statecraft from master strategist Kautilya and drink deep from the profound mystical wisdom of Kabir. Savour the poetic beauty of Rabindranath Tagore and indulge in metaphysics and philosophy with Raja Rao, while wandering through the bewitching world of O.V. Vijayan. This collection is a must-have for anyone enamoured by India's rich cultural and literary legacy. The titles included in the set are The Arthashastra, Kabir: The Weaver's Songs, Gitanjali, The Cat and Shakespeare, and The Legends of Khasak. </div>

Penguin Classics Gift Set: The Best of Indian Heritage

Tagore, Rabīndranāth

Kautilya

Kabir

Vijayan, O. V.

Classics

India Penguin

Kanthapura has been described as one of the most satisfying of all modern Indian novels. Recognized as a major landmark of Indian fiction, it is the story of how the Gandhian struggle for independence comes to one small village in south India.

Kanthapura (Oxford India Paperbacks)

Literary

Oxford University Press

Raja Rao’s Kanthapura is one of the finest novels to come out of mid-twentieth century India.Kanthapura is the story of how Gandhi’s struggle for independence from the British came to a typical village, Kanthapura, in South India. Young Moorthy, back from the city with "new ideas," cuts across the ancient barriers of caste to unite the villagers in non-violent action––which is met with violence by landlords and police. The dramatic tale unfolds in a poetic, almost mythical style which conveys as never before the rich textures of Indian rural life. The narrator is an old woman, imbued with the legendary history of the region, who knows the past of all the characters and comments on their actions with sharp-eyed wisdom. Her narrative, and the way she tells it, evokes the spirit of India’s traditional folk-epics. This edition includes extensive notes on Indian myths, religion, social customs, and the Independence movement (given at the end of the book) which fill out the background for the American reader’s more complete understanding and enjoyment.

Kanthapura: Indian Novel (New Directions Paperbook)

New Directions

A major landmark in Indian fiction, this is a story of how the Gandhian struggle for independence came to one small village in South India.

Kanthapura.

Praeger

The Serpent and the Rope

Studying abroad after World War II, Ramaswamy, a Brahmin from Mysore, India, falls in love with Madeleine, a young French woman

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